Woman's Short Evening Dress

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Woman's Short Evening Dress

1967

For his fall 1967 collection, Geoffrey Beene declared ball gowns passé, showing instead both sequined long dresses made like football jerseys—complete with numbers—and short evening dresses like this one that took hems to new heights. The designer’s insouciant attitude was noted by Harper’s Bazaar; the magazine featured the shimmering mini and commented that Beene, “fashion spark of American ingenuity, throws a hundred million sequins into a mirror miracle of shape; scatters neon flowers at random; then garlands the hem.”

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Object Details

Title:

Woman's Short Evening Dress
Gold Short Evening Dress

Date:

1967

Artist:

Medium:

Plastic sequins and paillettes and rhinestones on silk plain weave

Dimensions:

Center Back Length: 35 inches (88.9 cm) Circumference (Bust): 38 inches (96.5 cm) Waist: 40 inches (101.6 cm) Width (Shoulders- across back): 15 inches (38.1 cm)

Classification:

Costume (including accessories)

Credit Line:

Gift of Marjorie C. Weinberg, 1997

Accession Number:

1997-128-1

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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